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16-JUN-2007

Different, yet the same

My wife and I were driving on the Alaska highway when I noticed these two bears on the side of the highway. At first, I couldn’t contain my excitement - I was going to have the chance of photographing a black bear and a grizzly bear - in the same frame!!! I must have taken 30 or 40 images of these two bears peacefully foraging on roadside plants. Well, doing some research, and talking to other people familiar with bears, it turns out that both of these bears are black bears (Ursus Americanus). The coats of these bears can range from black to cinnamon-brown, to blonde, to a rare bluish color (referred to as a glacier bear). To me, an interesting lesson was learned that can be applied to everyday life - don’t jump to conclusions about others, for we all may be different on the outside, but deep down inside we are still very much the same.

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
1/200s f/5.6 at 130.0mm iso800 full exif

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